Acts 23:32

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

The next day the soldiers allowed the horsemen to go on with Paul, while they [themselves] returned to headquarters.

Cross References

Acts 23:23

Then he called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.” [Note: This was calculated according to Jewish time].

Acts 23:10

And when a serious debate broke out, the commander was afraid that Paul might [virtually] be torn apart by the mob, so he ordered his soldiers to go down [to the Council meeting] and forcibly remove Paul and take him to the battalion headquarters.

Acts 23:16

But Paul’s nephew learned of their plot and went to the headquarters and told Paul [all about it].

Acts 23:31

So, the soldiers took charge of Paul and took him at night to Antipatris [Note: This was a town on the road between Jerusalem and Caesarea] as they were ordered.